Meet the Vocations Directors

Fr. Patrick Crino
Director of Vocations and Seminarians

520-838-2530
pcrino@diocesetucson.org

Fr. Jorge Farias Saucedo
Co-Director of Vocations Recruitment

520-723-3063
jfarias@diocesetucson.org

Fr. John Gonzales
Co-Director of Vocations Recruitment, Second Career

(520) 747-1321
jgonzales@diocesetucson.org

Director of Vocations and Seminarians

A Tucson native, Fr. Patrick Crino was educated at Our Mother of Sorrows School and Palo Verde High School. He graduated from St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, CA, in 1980 and earned his Master of Divinity following four years of graduate work at St. John's. 

He was ordained, together with John Lyons and Raul Trevizo (now both Monsignors), here in Tucson at St. Augustine Cathedral by Bishop Manuel Moreno on August 15, 1988. 

Fr. Crino has served at Sts. Peter and Paul, St. Francis of Assisi in Yuma, St. Augustine Cathedral, and, currently, St. Thomas the Apostle. Fr. Pat is also the Director of Seminarians for the Diocese of Tucson.

Co-Director of Vocations Recruitment

Originally from Mexico City, Fr. Jorge Farias Saucedo attended Rincon High School in Tucson. He studied at Mount Angel and Mundelein Seminaries before his Ordination as a priest in 2012 by Bishop Gerald Kicanas.

Fr. Jorge has served at parishes across the Diocese of Tucson, including Our Mother of Sorrows, St. Augustine Cathedral, and St. Margaret Mary in Tucson and San Martin de Porres in Sahuarita. He is currently the pastor of St. James the Apostle in Coolidge. Fr. Jorge began serving as the Director of Vocations Recruitment in 2014 and now is the Co-Director with Fr. John Gonzales.
 

Co-Director of Second Career Vocations Recruitment

A Tucson native, Fr. John Gonzales attended Sacred Heart and Santa Cruz in Tucson and Our Lady of the Valley in Green Valley. He attended Amphi High School, Pima Community College, and the University of Arizona. As a second-career priest, Fr. John previously worked as an engineer in construction when he realized that God was calling him to the priesthood. 

He then attended Sacred Heart Seminary and was ordained a priest in 2018 by Bishop Edward Weisenburger. Fr. John has served at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish and Our Mother of Sorrows Parish in Tucson. In 2020, he became the Co-Director of Vocations Recruitment for men seeking to become priests as their “second-career” or a bit later in life.